Romantic and Sexual Attraction

Romantic and Sexual Attraction
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Abstract
As part of daily life, sexual and romantic attractions are often occurrences. This paper aimed to exploring both types of attraction in an experiment where participants filled in if the couple was in a romantic or purely sexual relationship, and rated the attraction between them. Their responses were recorded and put in a dataset where it was inspected, cleaned, and organized. A final dataset was arrived at and used for further analysis. The hypothesis was that people perceive romantic attraction better than sexual attraction. Using Chi-square and independent-samples t-test, the dataset was analyzed with condition of the conversation between the two people in the picture, romantic and another sexual attraction as the independent variable (IV). The dependent variables (DV) were perception of a romantic relationship or a hookup and the strength of their relationship. Based on the chi-square test, there was an insignificant effect of condition on type of attraction, X2 (2, N = 22) = 1.0909, p = 0.5796. The independent-samples t-test used to evaluate the effect of condition on strength status prove a significant effect of condition on strength status participants rated the attraction, t (33.117) = -4.0906, p = 0.0002587. These findings led to the rejection of the study’s hypothesis to conclude that the perception of attraction is often sexual when given a conversation between two partners.
Romantic and Sexual Attraction
Research Question: Does the perception of attraction differ when given a brief conversation between two partners that portray romantic interest versus another portraying sexual attraction?
Introduction
Sex and romance are often essential parts of people’s lives besides work and school. When it comes to sexual attraction and romantic attraction, people’s first reaction is that the duration of sexual attraction tends to be short-lived. In contrast, romantic interest lasts longer than sexual attraction because romantic attraction is more concerned with the external the image. In certain circumstances, partners become estranged after experiencing sexual attraction for a while, which means only sexual attraction exists for both people. In layman’s terms, it is a one-night stand. Others will find that after a period of sexual attraction, the two parties are emotionally connected so that they have the fantasy of a romantic relationship, and the transition of interest occurs. The romantic attraction may not always be related to sex, but it can achieve a peaceful two-way transition to sexual attraction. It is a natural, long-term result of the unification of romantic and sexual attraction. It can be seen that the relationship between sexual attraction and romantic attraction is complex and indescribable.
Research was embarked on to show the relationships in a colloquial form. One of five previous research studies found considerable evidence across a wide range of phenomena that supports the idea that interpersonal attraction is principally determined by inferences about the target’s capacity and willingness (Montoya & Horton, 2013). The study added the question, “How ‘good&rsq...